red behind us today. another day of sell-off, another day of global risk aversion as we continue to watch events in syria. british government saying david cameron tweeting today that the british government will table a u.n. resolution possibly later today on some military action in syria. that's just pushed stocks at the moment down to about the lowest levels of the session, around 8 to 1, advancers outpaced by decliners at the moment. how we stand on european equities, ftse 100, session lows for the xetra dax, off a percent. cac quarante down a quarter. up a quarter for the mib. taking a breakdown of the sectors right now. only two up. utilities and notable oil and gas are up 1.6%. that's because as you have been pointing out, brent is getting a little firmer, nymex this morning. we have been up one stage this morning with brent up to $116 a barrel, 11536. nymex, below 110. 109 for a year and a half. gold is firmer. copper again still weaker following the comments yesterday, expect weak chinese demand to